I've seen all kinds of wizards in my time, but I've never seen anyone smash a wall-making wall into an opponent without using it for protection.
　Beside Salamander, who was belly up and completely unconscious.
　Foldente, who had landed, descended from the aura of his dragonized aura, was literally holding his belly and laughing hysterically as he watched Salamander's figure.

　However, from my point of view, it was a bitter plan that I managed to come up with while I was already full of it, so even though I was told so by Foldente, I somehow managed to return a bitter smile.......

''But........this is the first time I've ever seen such a huge salamander........''
　Unja, who had just finished leading the evacuation of the sub-humans and rushed over to me, had a stunned expression on her face beside me.
I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on.
　How big do you think she's going to get?
　Foldente is still laughing hysterically and continues to bang around Salamander's torso... I wonder if that will wake him up and he won't start flailing around again, and I start to break out in a cold sweat.

　For now, since the salamander shows no signs of waking up, we gather the sub-people we had evacuated.

　There are eleven of them in a total of five families.

　The breakdown.
　　Dwarves ... 4 (parents + 2 children)
　　Unicorn people (unicorn people) ... two (sisters)
　　Hawk People ... two (father and daughter)
　　Fox people (fox people)........one (daughter)
　　Buffalo people (buffalo people) ... two (husband and wife)

　Although no one was seriously injured, almost everyone had burns and injuries, and for the time being, Erdena and Yorme were giving first aid to the victims.
　However, even more serious than the injuries were the fact that all the residences of everyone here had been destroyed.

　The flames and tails of the rampaging salamanders and the crashing of their massive bodies had burned some things, destroyed others, crushed others, and left no trace.
　
　Since there are still some habitable buildings in the village where we live, we offered to provide them as a temporary home for the time being, and all of us offered to use them.
　
　Aura and Aela, who are still in their dragonized state, continue to work on extinguishing the fire by way of stomping around the area where the flames are smoldering, so I'm going to have everyone here transported once that's over.
　In the meantime, everyone went back to their residences to see if there was any luggage that could be taken with them.

　In the meantime.

.................GWWWW

　Salamander woke up with an earth-shattering voice.
　Aura and Aera, who had been working to extinguish the fire, hurriedly returned to us, wondering if they would begin to rampage again.
"It's okay, I think he's already cooled down.
...and the voice of the guardian of the gate is ................
　At Salamander's words, Foldente moved his figure instantly to Salamander's eyes.
I'm sorry, but there's nothing left but speculation. I saw two of the best things in the world.
　A runaway lizard and...
　Fainting giant lizard, fainting on his belly, disheveled.
　Then he starts laughing again, holding his stomach again.

"I don't want to go into a hole, I even destroyed the cave I used to live in, and I don't think there's any more holes for you to live in as a salamander.

　It's a good idea to have a good time with your friends and family.

　It's a very good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
　There must be a reason for this, I can't help but think so.

　To my question, the salamander
In the end, I am not the one who forgets me.
　He began to speak in advance.

　After all, for some time now, knightly men in knightly attire had been invading the cave where Salamander lived, challenging him to a fight against the undead-type monsters that had spontaneously occurred in the cave, and taking out valuable ores and other items that were scattered throughout the cave.
　He had been asleep for a long time, and then a group of men tried to take out the pearl from his forehead.
　They had been asleep for so many years that they never dreamed that the pearl that was peeking out of the rock was the head of the salamander, since his body was completely buried under the rock. Moreover, the digging operation was carried out with an explosive magic, so that the blow struck the salamander's reverse scales, of all things.

　Dragons and salamander species have a part of their body called reverse scales, scales that are extremely unpleasant to touch.
　The exact reason for this is still unknown, although there are many theories as to why, such as the concentration of nerves and sharpness of the scales.
　However, there is no way to find out exactly why, since the mere touch of its scales is enough to make a dragon lose its self-awareness and begin to lash out.


Silly me, why don't you just turn into your human form? Or have you slept so much that you've forgotten how to be?
Mhm.
　Foldente's words were apparently on target, and it took Salamander a good two hours to recall the chanting that transformed him into human form.

'Once again, I thank you for stopping me.
　The salamander in human female form was nearly two meters tall, with a feminine form, and her hair was bright red. Her skin was also reddish and her eyes were red.
　When he was in human form, he was bareheaded, so Erdena had hurriedly made him put on some clothes, but he was quite indifferent, "I don't mind," he said.
I'm sure the opposite scales are usually hidden underneath the other scales, right?　The fact that the magic hit there means that it was on the surface, right?　How long have you been asleep?
Well no I'm really....sorry.
　I couldn't help but chuckle as I watched them both being scolded by their parents.

　However, there are a few things in this salamander's story that cannot be overlooked.
　When it comes to the knightly guards that appear in this frontier, the only ones that fall under this category are either the guards of the frontier cities or the knights of the frontier garrison.
　The guards of the frontier cities rarely went out of the city because their primary duty was to protect the city.
　Therefore, it was likely that the one who had snuck into Salamander's cave was a member of the garrison's Knights.
　
　If it was indeed the Knights of the Garrison, the following main problems would arise.

1. the prohibition of hunting activities outside the frontier permit area
　There are many sub-humans living in the outlying areas, and most of them are of a species rarely seen in the King's Capital, so all hunting activities in the areas where such sub-humans may live are prohibited. This is because a knight in King's Capital who is not used to seeing sub-humans would find it difficult to distinguish whether the sub-humans who can be turned into beasts are really just beasts or not.
　The forests in this area are dotted extensively with sub-humans who can beastify, so almost the entire area is a no-hunting zone.
　The exception to this is when a vermin that cannot be defeated by the city guards occurs and a request is made to destroy it.
　However, I have not heard of any such request occurring in the village at the foot of Mount Gorun. If a request had occurred, there is an obligation to inform neighboring villages, so if the request had occurred, there is no way that this village closest to the area affected this time would not have been contacted.

2. prohibition of usurpation of mineral resources

　The Knights are prohibited from usurping mineral resources in the frontier areas, not to mention the prohibition of robbing sub-humans of their private property.
　The mineral resources are all revenue items for the frontier cities, by agreement between the King's Capital and the frontier city groups.
　In return, the frontier cities pay taxes to the royal capital every year.
　The usurpation of mineral resources in the frontier areas was an act of usurpation of the resources needed to pay this tax, and if the evidence was handed over to the King's Capital, it was a felony so serious that everyone in the garrison in question could be imprisoned.

　At any rate, based on Salamander's story, it seems clear that the Knights of the garrison were committing these two violations.
　However, without proof, the garrison's knights would all be blown away.......
　In fact, the only evidence we have at the moment is the story of the Salamander, and if the Knights are desperate, they will try to put the blame on this Salamander on the contrary... Well, it's true that he went on a rampage as a result, so that's that.......

　Yes, just as I was pondering this, Korok, who had been looking around, came back to me.
'Master~, this bear was down over there~'
　As he said that, he pulled one of the female knights with him.
　That armor is definitely from the knights of the royal capital.
　Searching around the neck of that knight who was fainting, I pulled out the silver plate with the affiliation that all knights wear down and checked it.

"Lumias Tender, 411th Frontier Garrison, 131st Regiment, Royal City Knights.

　It was marked.
　Seeing that he had fallen alone, he had probably come to steal and escaped late. Judging from his appearance, he had just become a knight.
　Since he is believed to be a member of the main culprit this time, the silver plate that proves his identity was retrieved and bound behind his back. The injuries were treated with my healing magic.

　Afterwards, the village guards and villagers at the foot of Mt. Gorun came rushing in, concerned.
　They had asked Yorme to go tell them that the problem had been resolved.

　They thanked us in return for our help.
　Later, they said they would definitely like to hold a banquet in the village to thank us, and we decided to accept the offer gratefully.
　Once I tried to decline the offer, saying that I was just doing what I deserved to do.
Are there many good things to eat?
　And Korok was the first to fall in, and he had to join in without a fight.

　Salamander, who had turned into human form, had apologized to the villagers along with Foldente.
　Until then, he had spoken so casually and hatefully to Salamander, but on the spot he had apologized sincerely.
　After all, those two people have known each other for a long time, so it was a matter that made me realize again that they are good friends.

　It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you want to do with it.
It's a very good idea," he said, "but the guys from the garrison used to hunt for fun in the forest, so we used to chase them out.
　

　After that, Aura and Aera carried the sub-people who had reassembled with the few remaining burnt belongings to our village one by one.
　The salamander repeatedly apologized to these sub-people as well.
　However, it was also said that their homes had been destroyed, and some of them were looking at us delicately....
　Nevertheless, no one died, and everyone accepted the apology for the moment.
　I hope that things will somehow go better with this, but first of all, I have to deal with this and that while confirming the acceptance of the village.
　All the problems are yet to come.

　By the way, about the salamander...
I don't have a place to live anymore, either.
　So, I'm going to follow along.

　Salamander said that from now on, he would stay in human form.
　By the way, he asked me to call her "Sarah".
What?　That?　It's a salamander, Sara?　It's kind of appropriate, isn't it?
This is the name you gave me a long time ago, isn't it?
"...Oh, hello?　I'm sorry, is that right?
　At the words of Salamander's Sarah, Foldente couldn't help but blush.
　As I was listening to the exchange, I couldn't help but chuckle.